Superyachts
The length that lies
Two boats of fifty metres can differ by half in the only measurement that decides how the week feels. It is not on the first page of the brochure.
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The Host
Twelve guests, a beach club that opens on three sides, and a chef who could run a restaurant.
The boat is a venue. What matters is volume rather than length, a beach club rather than a garage, a galley that can produce lunch for twelve and dinner for twenty four, and a crew whose service is the product. This is the most demanding programme to run well and the one that impresses guests most when it is.
What works about it
Nothing else entertains like a large modern motor yacht at anchor off a good beach. You will use the boat more than most owners, because there is always a reason to have people aboard, and the same qualities make her the easiest kind of boat to charter when you are not.
What to watch
Crew load. A full guest list all season is exhausting, and interior crew turn over fastest on boats that never have a quiet week. Build rest into the calendar, pay the chef properly, and keep an eye on the beach club which is the single most used and least maintained space on this kind of boat.
The boat it points to
- Volume rather than length: look at gross tonnage first
- A beach club that is a room, not a hatch
- A galley and cold store sized for twenty four covers
- Two tenders, so lunch and the water toys do not compete
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Beach Clubs
Lunch is the itinerary
Ask a charter captain where the week is going and the honest answer is a list of tables. The beach club is the structure the Mediterranean day is built on.
Crew Services
What a crew costs, line by line
Salaries are the part everybody quotes. Flights, insurance, training, uniforms and food add a quarter again, and rotation doubles what it touches.
The Log
One entry a week, on a Saturday.
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